An American Carol

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An American Carol

PG-13

2008

1h 24m

Comedy

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Documentary filmmaker Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) makes movies about America's shortcomings and is now embarking on a campaign to abolish July 4th. However, he meets John F. Kennedy (Chriss Anglin) on the eve of the holiday, who tells Malone that he will soon be visited by three ghosts. The spirits of a country singer (Trace Adkins), Gen. George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer) and George Washington (Jon Voight) visit Malone and try to instill a sense of patriotism and love for his country.

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Critics Consensus

An American Carol suffers not so much from its perceived political bias, but from the fact that it simply is not very funny.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

Nov 29, 2018

The mean spirit of Zucker's satire hardly jibes with the liberal spirits of the original tale.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Oct 18, 2008

0.5/5

This movie is seriously unfunny, and it's not just my admittedly left-wing politics that are in the way of my getting the joke.

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

Oct 13, 2008

1/4

Utterly asinine, sophomoric, tasteless, the movie has much in common with Zucker's Airplane!, The Naked Gun 2 1/2 and Scary Movie sequels, minus the laughs.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 2, 2020

0/4.0

It fails. Miserably.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 6, 2019

It often takes mockery and even silliness to make one see the best and worst of a situation or themselves or just have to have some fun and it always seems to be funnier when done on film and by David Zucker.

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Megan Basham

WORLD

Oct 10, 2018

American Carol is [Zucker's] first attempt to merge his newfound worldview with his work. Unfortunately, he swings at so many progressive targets, the punches he does land aren't backed by enough force.

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R. S

@SpareR. Aug 8, 2026

Unfortunately disappointed. Character development was largely non-existent. A couple good moments, but otherwise the satire lacked cleverness, surprise, and originality -- a lot of repackaged, worn tropes.

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T D

@RT50628479 Apr 9, 2025

Read every negative review, this is what makes this movie hilariously great. It's a funny, witty, comedy, great cast, and it was done very, very well. This movie exposes the biased views in Hollywood, and how the things you see in movies then, and especially movies now, are geared to making you hate people on the conservative side of the political spectrum, when they're just normal people like anyone else, not crazy people who want to restrict your freedom, just good, America loving people who simply don't share the same political beliefs. My favorite bit? The ACLU lawyers. Pure Comedy Gold. Only reason I did not give it 5 stars, is because the bit with Michael Moor- I mean, Michael Moone, getting smacked constantly got a little annoying. Other than that, every bit was hilarious.

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Jason C

@Chabden Apr 3, 2025

Holy smokes this was funny! I never heard of it until I came across it on Amazon. I figured I'd give it a try seeing as it was satire and made by David Zucker. This movie is so politically incorrect, but very humorous. All the bad reviews are I'm sure non-right leaning political people that can't take humor that makes fun of their party. It's just comedy folks!

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Patrick K

@RT14597571 Apr 1, 2025

Watch this before it is banned. This movie is so politically incorrect. That is what makes it so hilarious. One of my favorite movies now.

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Perry F

@RT22270327 Mar 13, 2025

Well done original take on "A Christmas Carol". Set aside partisanship. Laugh at the funny (not all is slapstick). Kevin Farley rolls with the changing scenes and pacing. Jon Voight's George Washington is unforgettable.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Feb 6, 2025

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, o filme traz uma sátira do documentário do Michael moore e outros coisas, so que o filme tem um pouco de piadas pesadas, a história não tem sentido, com coisas de várias épocas e ainda o cara se teletransporta para essas epocas e fala com os caras de cada época, o filme tenta ser engraçado mas não consegue.

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Synopsis

Documentary filmmaker Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) makes movies about America's shortcomings and is now embarking on a campaign to abolish July 4th. However, he meets John F. Kennedy (Chriss Anglin) on the eve of the holiday, who tells Malone that he will soon be visited by three ghosts. The spirits of a country singer (Trace Adkins), Gen. George S. Patton (Kelsey Grammer) and George Washington (Jon Voight) visit Malone and try to instill a sense of patriotism and love for his country.

Director: David Zucker
Producer: Stephen McEveety, John Shepherd, David W. Zucker
Screenwriter: Myrna Sokoloff, David Zucker
Distributor: Vivendi Entertainment
Production Co: MPower
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Drug Material|Rude and Irreverent Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.0M
Runtime: 1h 24m

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